Half of the Big Ten football coaches took to the podium Thursday afternoon for the start of Big Ten media days in Chicago. The other half wrapped things up Friday morning at McCormick Place. Here’s part of what they had to say.

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As football controls the world we live in, Purdue and the three I’s — Illinois, Indiana and Iowa — face a dilemma that Jim Delany can’t solve. Somebody is obliged to bring up the rear, and they are elected.